Ground Hog day. It's more like April or May. Maybe we can just forget the rest of this month and March and jump ahead. I got this urge to dig out the compost bins. I have two of them. The task is always daunting. But I saw worms hanging out the crevases, squiggling and wiggling their way to freedom. Heavenly red wigglers.
They're quite lovely. Haven't seen so many worms in the compost for eons. Once the side panel was taken off, the worms came tumbling out of solid black earth. Beautifully decomposed.
I like hard work. Especially digging in the dirt. Best to just take your time and savour it, and dig gradually.So much dirt, and so many worms.
I took about 3 hours to scoop out half the compost, leaving a cavernous maw amongst the innards of the compost itself. It was wonderful, really back to the earth sort of experience. I highly recommend it.
Had bucket after bucket of compost to pile on about three garden beds. Nice black earth. Not getting any extra earth from Brymiks Earthworks this year. Last year I got stuck with buttercups growing wildly all over the place, from their earth. I'm still yanking them out.
I'm not a tidy gardener. I like to dig and delve, then toss and swoosh around till it covers essentially what it is supposed to cover. Then repeat the process as needed. The more dirt, the more worms, the happier the garden will be, and the happier all those birdies will be. And the happier I will be......
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